environmental2024
Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Grams of CO2 emitted per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated.
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Key Insights
Global Average
N/A
Median: 230.4gCO2/kWh
Countries Covered
119
with available data
Highest
Mongolia
807.9gCO2/kWh
Lowest
Sri Lanka
gCO2/kWh
Top 5 Countries
1Mongolia807.9gCO2/kWh
2Kazakhstan802.0gCO2/kWh
3South Africa713.2gCO2/kWh
4India707.5gCO2/kWh
5Bangladesh693.8gCO2/kWh
By Region
EuropeN/A(41 countries)
AsiaN/A(37 countries)
North AmericaN/A(8 countries)
AfricaN/A(20 countries)
South AmericaN/A(10 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0gCO2/kWh)High (700.0gCO2/kWh)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: N/A)
Europe (41)
Asia (37)
North America (8)
Africa (20)
South America (10)
Oceania (3)
About This Statistic
Measures how carbon-intensive a country's electricity grid is. Lower values indicate cleaner electricity from renewables or nuclear; higher values indicate reliance on coal and gas.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 807.9gCO2/kWh |
| 2 | Kazakhstan | 802.0gCO2/kWh |
| 3 | South Africa | 713.2gCO2/kWh |
| 4 | India | 707.5gCO2/kWh |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 693.8gCO2/kWh |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 692.0gCO2/kWh |
| 7 | Indonesia | 680.3gCO2/kWh |
| 8 | Serbia | 667.4gCO2/kWh |
| 9 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 648.7gCO2/kWh |
| 10 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 641.3gCO2/kWh |
| 11 | Kuwait | 637.2gCO2/kWh |
| 12 | Taiwan, Province of China | 635.2gCO2/kWh |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 632.8gCO2/kWh |
| 14 | Moldova, Republic of | 629.6gCO2/kWh |
| 15 | Philippines | 612.4gCO2/kWh |
| 16 | Poland | 611.9gCO2/kWh |
| 17 | Malaysia | 604.4gCO2/kWh |
| 18 | Qatar | 602.8gCO2/kWh |
| 19 | Morocco | 576.6gCO2/kWh |
| 20 | Egypt | 574.5gCO2/kWh |
| 21 | Myanmar | 569.7gCO2/kWh |
| 22 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 569.0gCO2/kWh |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 565.9gCO2/kWh |
| 24 | Tunisia | 560.3gCO2/kWh |
| 25 | People's Republic of China | 555.4gCO2/kWh |
| 26 | Thailand | 554.7gCO2/kWh |
| 27 | Australia | 553.8gCO2/kWh |
| 28 | Oman | 545.3gCO2/kWh |
| 29 | Cyprus | 514.1gCO2/kWh |
| 30 | Nigeria | 507.9gCO2/kWh |
| 31 | Singapore | 498.7gCO2/kWh |
| 32 | Cambodia | 498.1gCO2/kWh |
| 33 | Malta | 488.6gCO2/kWh |
| 34 | Vietnam | 484.3gCO2/kWh |
| 35 | Japan | 483.4gCO2/kWh |
| 36 | Mexico | 483.1gCO2/kWh |
| 37 | Türkiye | 469.7gCO2/kWh |
| 38 | Bolivia | 468.0gCO2/kWh |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 467.5gCO2/kWh |
| 40 | Russian Federation | 446.0gCO2/kWh |
| 41 | South Korea | 415.5gCO2/kWh |
| 42 | Czech Republic | 414.2gCO2/kWh |
| 43 | Montenegro | 413.5gCO2/kWh |
| 44 | Pakistan | 398.2gCO2/kWh |
| 45 | United States of America | 383.8gCO2/kWh |
| 46 | Argentina | 344.8gCO2/kWh |
| 47 | Estonia | 340.3gCO2/kWh |
| 48 | Germany | 338.4gCO2/kWh |
| 49 | Belarus | 323.3gCO2/kWh |
| 50 | Greece | 322.2gCO2/kWh |
| 51 | Colombia | 285.8gCO2/kWh |
| 52 | Italy | 281.5gCO2/kWh |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 278.6gCO2/kWh |
| 54 | Ireland | 273.3gCO2/kWh |
| 55 | Chile | 265.2gCO2/kWh |
| 56 | Peru | 263.3gCO2/kWh |
| 57 | Romania | 251.3gCO2/kWh |
| 58 | Netherlands | 250.4gCO2/kWh |
| 59 | Armenia | 243.0gCO2/kWh |
| 60 | Slovenia | 230.4gCO2/kWh |
| 61 | United Kingdom | 216.5gCO2/kWh |
| 62 | Ecuador | 209.7gCO2/kWh |
| 63 | Canada | 185.4gCO2/kWh |
| 64 | Hungary | 184.6gCO2/kWh |
| 65 | Croatia | 172.6gCO2/kWh |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 172.5gCO2/kWh |
| 67 | Spain | 145.9gCO2/kWh |
| 68 | Georgia | 143.1gCO2/kWh |
| 69 | Latvia | 134.5gCO2/kWh |
| 70 | Luxembourg | 133.3gCO2/kWh |
| 71 | Denmark | 131.3gCO2/kWh |
| 72 | Belgium | 126.9gCO2/kWh |
| 73 | New Zealand | 119.7gCO2/kWh |
| 74 | Lithuania | 117.8gCO2/kWh |
| 75 | Portugal | 110.5gCO2/kWh |
| 76 | Brazil | 106.1gCO2/kWh |
| 77 | Austria | 103.2gCO2/kWh |
| 78 | El Salvador | 99.3gCO2/kWh |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 97.8gCO2/kWh |
| 80 | Uruguay | 96.7gCO2/kWh |
| 81 | Slovakia | 96.6gCO2/kWh |
| 82 | Kenya | 84.8gCO2/kWh |
| 83 | Finland | 66.9gCO2/kWh |
| 84 | Costa Rica | 63.0gCO2/kWh |
| 85 | France | 40.8gCO2/kWh |
| 86 | Sweden | 34.9gCO2/kWh |
| 87 | Norway | 30.8gCO2/kWh |
| 88 | Switzerland | 29.6gCO2/kWh |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | gCO2/kWh |
| 90 | Chad | gCO2/kWh |
| 91 | Republic of the Congo | gCO2/kWh |
| 92 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | gCO2/kWh |
| 93 | Cuba | gCO2/kWh |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | gCO2/kWh |
| 95 | Gabon | gCO2/kWh |
| 96 | Guyana | gCO2/kWh |
| 97 | Hong Kong | gCO2/kWh |
| 98 | Iceland | gCO2/kWh |
| 99 | Iraq | gCO2/kWh |
| 100 | Israel | gCO2/kWh |
| 101 | Libya | gCO2/kWh |
| 102 | Madagascar | gCO2/kWh |
| 103 | Mozambique | gCO2/kWh |
| 104 | Papua New Guinea | gCO2/kWh |
| 105 | Zimbabwe | gCO2/kWh |
| 106 | South Sudan | gCO2/kWh |
| 107 | Sudan | gCO2/kWh |
| 108 | Syrian Arab Republic | gCO2/kWh |
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | gCO2/kWh |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | gCO2/kWh |
| 111 | Ukraine | gCO2/kWh |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | gCO2/kWh |
| 113 | Venezuela | gCO2/kWh |
| 114 | Yemen | gCO2/kWh |
| 115 | Zambia | gCO2/kWh |
| 116 | Algeria | gCO2/kWh |
| 117 | Angola | gCO2/kWh |
| 118 | Bahrain | gCO2/kWh |
| 119 | Brunei Darussalam | gCO2/kWh |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).
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